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Growing Microgreens Indoors Five days old broccoli microgreens on a window sill. Summer may be over here in the northern hemisphere and the outdoor garden is slipping into its winter nap. The tomatoes

Goodbye Alfie “Memories saturate my heart and the story of you spills from my eyes.” ­—Grace Andren” This post is to offer my condolences to the family of Alfie Evans. Little Alfie had a rare degenerative

My grandson was watching one of his cartoons. It was about robotic creatures bent on destroying the world. The good guys were trying to stop them. The bad guys referred to the people as “innocent bit players”.

A Confession from Me... I’ve never admitted this publicly before. I am a treehugger. When I read the following story, I had to think, “How is Bloomberg going to profit from this?”

Only the Shadow Knows... this is a joke! This is how you try to protect yourself when you are not allowed to actually protect yourself. This is the government admitting their ineffectiveness when it comes

Why We Have The Second Amendment The gun argument... so many are asking why people need to own guns. It not about hunting bunnies and deer. Although we should be able to provide food if necessary. It’s

Do We Really Care Who Trump has Sex With? I saw a headline that said “10 things that will soon disappear.” Of course you absolutely have to read an article like that. What if something important to you

I Can’t Watch the News Anymore Why? My wife won’t let me. She is getting less and less amused by my talking to the TV. So here I am on Steemit. I’ll talk to everyone here. At least here, I can find someone

Flat Earth Deceivers and Believers Watched this “interesting” discussion @stefan.molyneux had with a Flat Earth Believer. I’m sorry, I would not be able restrain myself and continue to maintain a attitude

Who Else is Getting Tired of This Fiasco? ************************* I don’t know about you, but I don’t remember any Russians slipping me a suitcase full of cash to influence my vote. How about you? Did

A Writing Contest... with a Hidden Agenda From my library. I’ve been pondering. Something us old timers like to do. How about a writing contest... of sorts. Beware! There is a hidden agenda buried somewhere

Homesteaders - Save Money by Cloning Your Plants or Earn Money by Selling Your Plant Clones! A healthy rooted fig cutting! “The eternal flame of life once kindled upon this earth has passed from organism

There is a point Where all things begin Balance There is a point Between all extremes Balance There is a point Where all things end Balance

Finally It’s Seed Starting Time An early tomato seedling under the lights. It’s time to start the pepper plants for the garden. I love growing peppers. There are 12 different varieties in this year’s line-up.

Growing Figs in New York Now I live in the part of New York State where the winters are long and cold, climate zone 5B. So why do I want to grow figs? You already know the answer to that if you have ever

Easy and Simple Germination Box You Can Make for Less Than $10 A sampling of some of this year’s seed treasures. “Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more

Life Stories - A Visit to the Cancer Center “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do, say, and think.” ~ Marcus Aurelius Late last year I had my annual physical. Something I have

How A Little Lost Cat Made Me Wonder About People “Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.” ~ Samuel Richardson Can a stray cat restore your faith

New Year... New You? “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― R. Buckminster Fuller It’s that time of

Permaculture and P.A. Yeomans Keyline Discovery A dry wash at White Tanks in Arizona “The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens.